Psalms 114

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1 When Israel came forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from an alien people,	1 When Israel came forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from an alien people,
2 Judah became God's holy place, Israel, God's domain.	2 Judah became God's holy place, Israel, God's domain.
3 The sea beheld and fled; the Jordan turned back.	3 The sea beheld and fled; the Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams; the hills, like lambs of the flock.	4 The mountains skipped like rams; the hills, like lambs of the flock.
5 Why was it, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back?	5 Why was it, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back?
6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You hills, like lambs of the flock?	6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You hills, like lambs of the flock?
7 Tremble, earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob,	7 Tremble, earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob,
8 Who turned rock into pools of water, stone into flowing springs.	8 Who turned rock into pools of water, stone into flowing springs.